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Farm Intensification and Milk Market Expansion in Meru, Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

Ellen Hillbom
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Abstract:

In Meru, Tanzania, technological and institutional change has turned milk into one of the most reliable and important sources of income for smallholder households. Decades of increased population density have caused land scarcity, leading smallholders to intensity their fanning methods and land use, including introducing stall-fed exotic breeds of dairy cows. Meanwhile, a growing urban and rural demand has resulted in a significant market expansion for milk and increasing cash incomes for smallholders. Both farm intensification and market expansion are bottom-up processes of change driven primarily by smallholders. These factors make the livestock sector in Meru an interesting example of broad-based agricultural development.

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Résumé:

Dans la région du Meru, en Tanzanie, les changements technologiques et instiuuionnels out transformé le lait en l'une des sources les plus fiables de subsistance pour les foyers des petits exploitants. L'accroissement de la population depuis des décennies a causé line pénurie de terres, obligeant les fermiers à intensifier leurs cultures et leur utilisation de la terre, introduisant des races de vaches laitieres exotiques nourries en boxes. Entre-temps, l'accroissement de la demande urbaine et rurale a contribué à une expansion significative du marché du lait et à un revenu grandissant pour les petits exploitants. L'intensification des cultures el l'expansion du marché sont des transformations vers le haut génerées principalement par les petits exploitants. Ceci fait que la gestion du cheptel dans la région du Meru est un bon excmple de développement agricole à grande échelle.

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African Studies Review , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , April 2011 , pp. 145 - 165
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Copyright © African Studies Association 2011

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